Cricket, especially that involving the Indian cricket team, has sort of held a monopoly in the sports marketing industry over the last two decades or so. Rachit Vats & Amol Karhadkar report. Money matters

VVS Laxman may have skipped last week's Hyderabad Test, the first played after his abrupt retirement, but Rahul Dravid turned up on both the days in the second Test, in the first series since he had called it a day after the disappointing Australia tour. Khurram Habib reports.